FORMER US President Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Californian hospital after spending five nights under care.
The former president was admitted for a non-COVID-related infection earlier this week.
Dr. Alpesh Amin, Executive Director of hospital medicine at UC Irvine Health, said in a statement that Mr. Clinton’s fever and white blood cell count are normal, and he will return to New York to complete his course of antibiotics.
Mr Clinton had been receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection that developed into sepsis.
The 75-year-old gave a thumbs up to waiting news crews as he walked out of hospital with his wife, former presidential candidate Hillary.
Dr Alpesh Amin, who oversaw the team of medics treating Mr Clinton, said in a statement: “His fever and white blood cell count are normalised and he will return home to New York to finish his course of antibiotics.”
The 42nd president, who served from 1993 to 2001, shook hands with waiting medical staff as he left the facility with his wife of 46 years.
According to US media, Mr Clinton – who was in California to attend a private event for his foundation – had felt fatigued on Tuesday and underwent tests before being admitted to the hospital.
President Biden said on Friday night that he had spoken with Mr Clinton and told reporters that he was “not in any serious condition”.
The infection is the latest health scare for Mr Clinton. In 2004, aged 58, he had a quadruple bypass surgery after doctors found signs of extensive heart disease and, ten years later, he had a clogged artery opened after complaining of chest pains.
Not long after his second surgery, the ex-president – known for his love of fatty foods – went vegan. He told Politico in 2016, “I might not be around if I hadn’t become a vegan. It’s great.”
